✨ Stash windows on screen edge

[nerdymomocat]

Feature Request Description

Rectangle Pro has a feature that lets you stash windows on the screen edge (similar to an iPad). Since I only use my laptop screen, I find this feature immensely useful, as I can stash two Chrome windows while keeping a VS Code window open on the screen, and have a reference while coding. Although it has some bugs, particularly with "stay on top" enabled windows, I would love to see this feature in Loop.

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[MrKai77]

This would essentially be to slide a window to the edge of the screen, and to make a customizable keyboard shortcut to toggle whether the window is visible?

[nerdymomocat]

Yeah, and an arrow or any indicator showing that the window is "stashed" would be helpful. One of the nice things about Rectangle Pro is that I can move my mouse to that indicator to pop up the window, rather than just relying on a keyboard shortcut.

[soul-ride]

That would be awesome feature and total replacement of Rectangle Pro app. Btw, looks like only the mentioned app on the market has such feature, so it may be a good reason for many people to switch to Loop when its implemented.

Here is shown how the feature works - https://youtu.be/6jkO2daxSjc?si=iaoE8k31WqAAOXof&t=473 (at 7:57)

[guillaumecledat]

Hey @MrKai77,

What do you think about this feature? I believe it could be a nice addition, so I tried to implement a prototype for it. Here’s what it looks like:

output.mp4

As you can see, it’s working, but there are two behaviors that aren’t ideal:

• When stashed, the window remains focused.
• When the window slides back onto the screen, it doesn’t always appear as the topmost window.

Rectangle Pro doesn’t have these issues, so I believe there’s a solution. However, I haven’t found it yet (and it might require using a private API, IDK how you feel about that).

You can check out the code and test it here: https://github.com/Morniak/Loop/tree/feature/stash

I feel that these two issues might prevent the feature from being solid enough to add. Do you feel the same, or do you think it’s good enough as is? If so, I can continue refining the feature and testing it. Otherwise, do you have any ideas on how to address these issues?

[MrKai77]

Hey @Morniak, thank you so much! I can take a look (test it locally) tomorrow. Would you be able to open a draft pull request for this? I can try to help you get this to a stable and ideal state :)